SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
1055 PM CDT MON JUL 7 2008

This is for the following counties, in Iowa, Des Moines, Henry, Lee, Louisa and Van Buren and the following counties in Illinois, Bureau Hancock, Henderson, Henry, McDonough, Mercer, Putnam and Warren and for the following counties in Missouri Clark and Scotland.

…THUNDERSTORMS…SOME STRONG EXPECTED BETWEEN 11 PM AND 1 AM…

AT 1050 PM CDT…A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS EXTENDED FROM NEAR
STERLING TO MUSCATINE AND THEN SOUTHWESTWARD TO CENTERVILLE THAT WAS
MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 25 TO 30 MPH. THIS LINE IS CAPABLE OF STRONG
WINDS OF 30 TO OVER 45 MPH AND PEA SIZED HAIL. THESE STORMS WILL ALSO
PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL RATES OF OVER TWO INCHES AN HOUR. WIDESPREAD
MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF A HALF INCH TO AN INCH IS EXPECTED
WITH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS WELL OVER AN INCH POSSIBLE. LOCATIONS THAT
RECEIVE WELL OVER AN INCH OF RAIN MAY BE SUSCEPTIBLE TO SIGNIFICANT
PONDING OF WATER.